Thread: Flying the A380

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (imon32red @ Nov 11 2008, 06:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

No not yet. I just work for CO part-time. i lost my full-time job and so I am job hunting. I looked at loads today and it makes me sick that I don&#39;t have the money to travel.[/b]

Sorry to hear that, I hope you find something soon

Now this is interesting

EK pilots find the A380 "too quiet", can&#39;t sleep.

"Weary Emirates Airbus A380 pilots are complaining that they cannot sleep in their crew-rest area in the aft cabin because the aircraft is too quiet.
The pilots say that the lack of engine noise in the A380&#39;s cabin compared with other long-haul airliners means they are constantly disturbed by sounds created by passengers, such as crying babies, flushing vacuum toilets and call bells."

Emirates pilots find A380 "too quiet"

Maybe if we ban crying babies.

you&#39;d think it would be a simple fix to put in a white noise unit or similar? geez, even our humidifier fan makes a great buffer for outside sounds

The rest of the story

It seems Emirates opted out of the standard Airbus option (locating the pilot&#39;s rest quarters behind the flightdeck ".....because it would have compromised the desgn of the airline&#39;s upper deck first-class cabin."

Talk about your unforeseen consequences, now because the pilot&#39;s rest compartment is in the rear of the main deck, pax confuse the quarters for a lav.

"The alternate standard Airbus option of locating the pilot&#39;s compartment in the cargo hold was rejected as "claustrophobic". - On the other hand they could be in the hold.

Bangalore Aviation

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Migflanker @ Dec 7 2008, 05:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

The rest of the story

It seems Emirates opted out of the standard Airbus option (locating the pilot&#39;s rest quarters behind the flightdeck ".....because it would have compromised the desgn of the airline&#39;s upper deck first-class cabin."

Talk about your unforeseen consequences, now because the pilot&#39;s rest compartment is in the rear of the main deck, pax confuse the quarters for a lav.

"The alternate standard Airbus option of locating the pilot&#39;s compartment in the cargo hold was rejected as "claustrophobic". - On the other hand they could be in the hold.

Bangalore Aviation[/b]

Haha claustrophobic? FAs have been sleeping in containers in A340s for years...

The container also takes up valuable cargo space.... i read something the other day that from LAX-MEL on the A380 at full pax load it can only take ~400kg (~800lbs) of cargo!

Not that that route is flown by EK or SQ... but just thought i&#39;d throw it out there